By Kemo Cham
Limited funding is hindering response to mental healthcare in Sierra Leone, despite recent gains in the sector, the head of the country’s only mental health hospital has warned.
Sierra Leone's president assures Port Loko of security
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Following a spate of armed robberies in Port Loko, President Julius Maada Bio has assured the people of the northwestern district of his determination to ensure their security.
President Bio made this assurance at the unveiling of the first all-girls’ school in Port Loko Town on Thursday, following an outpouring of pleas by local authorities for enhanced security in the district.
Sierra Leone artists boost anti-malaria with release of awareness raising song
By Kemo Cham
A song written and composed to raise awareness about the deadly malaria disease has been released in major move by the Zero Malaria Starts With Me Campaign in Sierra Leone.
The song titled: Malaria E Don Wan Dae Na Mi Han, is a collaboration by 12 talented and committed singers and rappers, who are champions of the Zero Malaria Starts with Me (ZMSWM) campaign.
Pupil testifies against teacher for "sexual penetration" in Sierra Leone
By Francis H. Murray
We advise readers that some of the contents in this story may be graphic.
A nine 9-year old girl child who is alleged to have been sexually penetrated by Emmanuel Wyse, her private lessons teacher, has testified before Justice Manuela Harding at the sexual offences division of the High Court in Freetown.
CARL urges for support in fighting corruption in Sierra Leone
By Politico Staff Writer
The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has urged Sierra Leoneans to demonstrate unwavering support for ongoing anti-corruption efforts in the country, pointing out that the scourge of corruption remains a binding constraint to the country’s development aspirations.
German Ambassador support children in southern Sierra Leone
By Politico Staff Writer
Some 100 children in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone have received radio, face masks and other items as donation from the German Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Horst Gruner. The gesture, according to benefactor, was geared towards showing solidarity and support to children affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
In a statement at the handing over ceremony last week, Ambassador Gruner noted that the government and people of Germany loved the people of Sierra Leone and that they would always want the relationship to continue.
Sierra Leone's corruption investigators withdraw from interviewing former president Koroma
By Francis H. Murray
Hundreds of supporters of former President Ernest Bai Koroma took to the streets of Makeni on Thursday in demonstration against the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC)’s attempt to question him over allegations of corruption.
The supporters mounted roadblocks on major streets leading to the residence of the former President, who is also the leader of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), thereby denying agents of the ACC access into his residence.
